Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Host plants:
The caterpillar feeds polyphagous on herbs, but seems to prefer Fabaceae such as Vicia, Lotus and Hippocrepis.

Habitat:
Scotopteryx chenopodiata occurs in a broad variety of extensively managed or abandoned, dry and sunny, but also humid habitats such as sunny and light scrub, nutrient-poor calcareous grasslands, ruderal areas, road side verges etc.

Life cycle:
The caterpillars hibernate and are fully-grown in June. The adults appear between July and early September.

Endangerment factors:
Scotopteryx chenopodiata is in decline due to the continuing loss of habitat, but because of the large ecologigal potency, it is still one of the relative widely distributed species.

Remarks:
Scotopteryx chenopodiata is largely distributed in Europe.